ESA’s OPS-SAT has completed its atmospheric reentry. The final successful contact with the spacecraft took place at approximately 21:30 UTC, 22 May, as the satellite passed over Australia.

“So, that’s it folks. The last signals were received by the SatNOGS station VK4JBE in Australia at around 21:30 UTC last night. The telemetry gathered was very interesting, revealing almost no internal heating at this late stage but some pretty crazy dynamics as the drag component dominated. My immense thanks to the radio amateur community for enabling this!”

— David Evans, OPS-SAT Space Lab manager at ESA

Final contact with OPS-SAT
Final successful contact with OPS-SAT
Final contact with OPS-SAT
Final successful contact with OPS-SAT
Final contact with OPS-SAT
Final successful contact with OPS-SAT